- Identify leadership/managerial styles
- Assess your own strengths as well as the strengths of others
- Focus on what you are good at; what you enjoy
- To ensure engagement, tap into the styles and strengths of others; include your strengths, too
- Identify reactive, “firefighting” activities that waste time
- Remain focused on goals established in Define Roles & Goals and determine what is important
- Establish and communicate a vision of success to everyone in the organization
- Assess the organization’s culture and readiness to achieve goals
- Work backwards from the finish line to ensure that resources are allocated and deadlines are met
- Break projects and initiatives into manageable pieces - ensuring progress and fulfillment over time
- Tap into personal networks of people and resources; make use of their strengths and expertise
- Clearly define the roles within an organization; elucidate the difference between managing and leading
- Establish high priority goals; define specific outcomes that need to be achieved
- Ensure that goals are aligned with senior leadership and filter those goals throughout the organization
- Identify reactive, “firefighting” activities that waste time
- Remain focused on goals established in Define Roles & Goals and determine what is important
- Establish and communicate a vision of success to everyone in the organization
- Assess the organization’s culture and readiness to achieve goals
- Work backwards from the finish line to ensure that resources are allocated and deadlines are met
- Break projects and initiatives into manageable pieces - ensuring progress and fulfillment over time
- Tap into personal networks of people and resources; make use of their strengths and expertise
- Model behavior that encourages feedback - and coaching that disseminates throughout the organization
- Provide candid feedback: focus on strengths as well as areas of improvement - ensure that members of the organization achieve established goals
- Use the "3 E" approach to coaching - Engage, Energize, Empower
- Be exacting and honest when critiquing the performance of employees; help them understand areas to build on, eliminate and continue
- Identify reactive, “firefighting” activities that waste time
- Remain focused on goals established in Define Roles & Goals and determine what is important
- Establish and communicate a vision of success to everyone in the organization
- Assess the organization’s culture and readiness to achieve goals
- Work backwards from the finish line to ensure that resources are allocated and deadlines are met
- Break projects and initiatives into manageable pieces - ensuring progress and fulfillment over time
- Tap into personal networks of people and resources; make use of their strengths and expertise